From bell to bell, Tee Sledge owned this match. Flame’s offense was countered at every turn. Tee Sledge thrilled the crowd with a springboard plancha from the ring to the floor. After that, it was academic as he dropped the Hammer and got the win 3 seconds later.
BS: And Tee Sledge picks up another win fos his book against newcomer Flame.
MP: Is it me or does Flame look kinda burnt?
(The lights in the arena go down as Clawfinger's "Biggest and the Best" begins to play throughout the arena. The words, "Are You Ready..." appear on the jumbo-tron and are then replaced by the words, "...For The Main Event?" a few seconds later. From behind the curtain emerges "Mr. Main Event" Rob Sampson wearing khaki pants, a black "Rob Sampson - Showstopper" t-shirt, and a pair of Doc Marten hiking boots. The Japanese crowd begins to chant, "Samp-son...Samp-son..." as he walks to the ring. Sampson enters the ring by leaping over the top rope and then procures the house microphone from the ring announcer, dismissing him with a wave of his hand. Fireworks erupt from the turnbuckles as Sampson strikes a pose in the middle of the ring. As the crowd's chant dies down, Sampson begins to speak. A translator outside the ring awaits to relay his message to the crowd.)
RS: "Now that the preliminaries are out of the way and Flame's career aspirations have been extinguished, it's time to get down to business. Eddy Love..."
(The crowd boos at the mention of Love's name.)
RS: "You're not too popular here in Japan, are you, Eddy? I guess that just shows how much the Japanese people appreciate great wrestlers such as myself. Eddy, I'm actually going to do you a favor. Not too long ago you said you were going to give me the main event that I desired so badly. Wrong. I'm bringing the main event to you!"
(The crowd cheers.)
RS: "In South Korea, at the event dubbed 'Cosmic Encounters' by the Powers That Be--and no, Eddy, not *those* Powers That Be--I want to challenge you for that hunk of tin you're carrying around called the EWI Extreme championship. Normally, such a title wouldn't interest me, but as you're wont to say, it's all about you, Eddy."
(Sampson turns as if he's addressing the crowd.)
RS: "You see, Eddy Love didn't bring the fight to me, so I'm bringing the fight to Eddy Love. There's only one obstacle, and that is that here tonight you have to defend that title against Bret Kross, another fine example of EWI talent. (Sampson laughs.) Now I'm sure that you can win, but I'm going to sweeten the deal. Should you retain the title tonight and defend it against me at Cosmic Encounters, there's going to be a stipulation. If--and that is a very big if--I don't defeat you for the Extreme title, then I will never again denounce the name of Eddy Love. In fact, I'll go so far as to get on the microphone and tell the entire world that Eddy Love is my superior if I don't defeat you. So if you ever in your life hope to be rid of me, Eddy, you have to get through Bret Kross first. I've given you the motivation. It's your job to use it to its fullest potential. So do your best tonight... and then prepare to step into my world... the main event!"
("Biggest and the Best" starts back up as Sampson drops the microphone and exits the ring. He plays up to the crowd as he walks back to the dressing room. Finally he exits through the curtain.)
Although the fans were behind the Darkness going into the match, it would be Amplified that would end up dazzling the crowd. Both men brawled early on and the action went back and forth. Finally a chair was introduced into the match and Amplified nailed the Darkness with a diving chair shot, setting Darkness up for the kill. Amplified executed his Bass Line maneuver and then got the 3-count.
[The lights go completely out, a rush of a strange eery cold fills the entire arena, fog begins rolling in from the entryway, faint red and blue lighting begin lighting up the arena, then little flickers of small pyrotechnics start going off. Then you see the silouettes of 6 figures making their way to the ring. Something comes over and speaks something in German in a dark and deep voice...tranlation: "NU Nation Revolution. QUE UP: "Engel" by Romstien. When the lights come back on, you see Goth & AC of the Gothic Alcemey perched up on the turnbuckles with their four wolves below them awaiting their next command. The crowd is going absolutely berserk giving them a massive cheer fan pop. Goth has a mic and jumps down with AC right behind him. He waits for the crowd and then begins to talk.]
Sanders: "Gothic Alcemey?...Here?...They aren't ever scheduled to be here tonight."
Powers: "Listen to this crowd, they are going nutz, they wants the Goths! They must be because they got screwed by Maximum Overdrive last week and they look pissed, maybe you should go and talk to them Brett and tell them to leave."
Sanders: "No, that's okay it isn't my job, I'll wait right here. (Soon remember what he was doing to Powers last week at Shockwave)...You have been waiting all week to say that haven't you?"
Powers: "Not fun when the shoes on the other foot ain't it."
Sanders: "Hahahaha...shut up...anyway Goth has the mic and looks to be getting ready to talk lets hear him out."
Goth: (Waits for the crowd to die down, then proceeds to talk.) "We know that we not supposed to be here to night, and we sorry, but this won't take long and somebody needs to hear what we have to say. Everyone here knows about what happened last week in Tiawon for the Shockwave. They watched the match between us and the current tag team champions Maxipad OverTheHill. [Mixes of cheers and boos] Our big chance to run with ball and it was denied. We were ready for hunt. Now if we were to lose fair and square in mortal combat, yes it would have hurt, but we would of gotten over it, but we were denied by cowardly cliche antic that only you see in WWF and WCW. So there for something is not right, so as of right now this is where we, AC and myself, the Gothic Alcemey draw the line, we call out Maxipad OverTheHill to rematch, and we want it now. Let's see if your cowardly cliche arsses can fight us fair and square."
[AC stops Goth to whisper something in his ear, and he grins really big, then he begins to speak again.]
Goth: "Or even better yet, Greene & Ross we will play to you game of unfair combat. Hell In A Cell/all weapons/I quit match. The first one to squeel to refs those two words, 'I Quit' and begs them to open gates to let them out loses. You want hardcore twits, we give you hardcore. You have dishonored us and our thrill of the hunt, so now we take it out of your arsses. AC, bro, do you have something to add?"
[He hands the mic to AC as he begins to talk]
AC: "Maxipad Overthehill, and which you are if you are doing wcw wrestling cliche antics. You got the first win against us, and now its time to even up the odds, chalk up one for the GA to lock us up at dead even because time its anything goes, and you're arsses our ours and we are going to smoke'em. Tonight we pary, we eat, we drink, for tomarrow, we may die, but we won't. So Greene, Ross, if you are still feeling froggy...JUMP! because we are, and we are jumping in on you." Forget about two words for you, we got three words for you, DEATH FROM ABOVE!" When its time to fly (for us), its time to die (for you). EWI front office, make this match happen, and if there is someone else that Maxipad OverTheHill has to wrestle and we'll wrestle them to to get where we need to belong. Those belt should be ours, and we want them back, make it happen we expect an answer imediately."
Goth: "Now hit our music!"
[As the music ques back up Goth, AC, and the four wolves make their way out of the ring.]
MP: I don't know. Is it me or does Gothic Alchmey really want Maximum Overdrive?
BS: You came up with this all by yourself? Wait a mintue...I'm getting word in the back that....
[The cameras cut to Evan Aho's lockerroom where he is being assulted by 'Inferno' Kevin Martinez. As he continues to attack Aho while he is down he is suddenly rushed by several of EWI's security team and drug out of the lockerroom.]
BS V/O: What was that all about? Was Kevin Powers behind this? We'll be back folks with Cruise versus X-Con....NEXT!!!
X-Con was booed unrelentlessly by the crowd, and this seemingly drew him away from his game plan. Cruise easily dominated the encounter. At the 5-minute mark, Cruise locked in a Boston Crab that the crowd was sure would spell the end of the match. X-Con would escape however but soon wound up on the wrong end of a release German suplex. Seconds later, Cruise had locked on his Cruise Control submission hold and X-Con had no choice but to submit.
[Cue Up : "Freak On A Leash" by KoRn.]
BS : What ... is this?
MP : It's an interruption baby, yeah!
VOICE : You're damn straight it's an interruption.
BS : I know that voice ... oh my ...
[Out from the curtain steps ......... Steve Radder! The fans, half suprised, half delighted, leap to their feet, and give out the loudest pop of the night.]
MP : Oh no, baby. Not him.
[The fans don't share this sentiment, as they continue cheering, while Radder stands at the top of the ramp.]
Steve Radder : Now I decided I needed a change ... so I got me some new music. I ALMOST decided on "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" ... because it seems that's exactly what two morons decided to try. Well all I have to say is ... I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack! (Another loud cheer.) You see, no matter how hard you try ... no matter how hard you try to keep me from something .... if I want it, I get it.
And I want the EWI World Title.
And you see, the ever-so-stupid Owners of this show didn't like it too much when I tricked them way back before Genesis. It would never happen again, they said. Never. And they plotted to get me back, and well shoot, they did. "Steve Radder - you are officially barred by the Owners of EWI and a Supreme Court Judge of the USA to fight for the EWI World Title at Black Ice." So they won, in the end.
Hardly.
You see, this is hardly Black Ice ... this is far from the PPV where I was going to take that belt. Enjoy your time with that belt, Gemini. You're not going to have it long.
[Radder leaves, almost in the same fashion he entered.]
BS : My word! Steve Radder has made his return, and he stands alone in the center of the ring, while the fans cheer! Pat Black and Gemini stand outside the ring on opposite sides ... and the Owners, Harders and Zieba look on from the curtain ...!
BS: What's he doing back?
MP: I don't know, but I know he just raised the blood level of Zieba!
BS: Folks it's the Battle of the Roberts...NEXT!
The “Extreme Dream” started off by taking control with a drop toe hold. When Jeffrey sprung back to his feet, “Dream” stunned him with a short-arm clothesline. “Dream” then tried for a tornado DDT but Jeffrey reversed the move into a Northern Lights suplex for a 2-count. Jeffrey then caught “Dream” with a belly-to-belly suplex, opting to quickly follow up with a slingshot legdrop. After a missed clothesline, “Dream” attempted a powerslam, but Roberts stopped short and nailed the “Dream” with a teeth-rattling superkick. Roberts then drove the “Dream” to the mat with a running Lyger bomb. A 3-count later and it was all said and done.
BS: And it's Roberts who takes the win for his name! Well to move right on along we've got a match in which MD demanded.
MP: I don't know who these blokes think they are, but they can't come in here adn demand what they want. I mean we all know Zieba and how he gets. It's GOT to be a matter of time before he sends them out right out on their bum.
BS: Perhaps one day well find out, but until then let's go to the ring for our next match-up.
As The Greats were making their way to the ring they were rushed by San An's Best and attacked from behind thus starting the match. K-9 went after Chris Strange and Lone Wulf paired off with Jimmy Krane.
BS: And this match is gonna start VERY early!
MP: Oh you know that San An's Best want to win this match and try for the Tag Team Belts that they once owned.
BS: Well they got the rules they wanted so it could be possible tonight.
Another ref was called out for this No DQ, anything goes, falls count anywhere affair as K-9 took Strange towards the front row area and hit with a short arm clothesline knocking Strange over the barricade and into the laps of the first row. As K-9 hopped over the barricade he reached for a steel chair and went straight to Strange's head and right knee area. Meanwhile, on the opposite side, Lone Wulf was going to town on Krane with a series of punches beating down the man from Liverpool, England. As Krane was down on the ground Lone Wulf went over to the side and pulled out a fire extinguisher and waited for Krane to face him. Once he did Wulf sprayed him in the face with the extinguisher until Krane was blind. Wulf then attacked Krane with it by cracking him the midsection and then on his back.
MP: Something cooking? Oh of course not cause Lone Wulf just put out the fire.
BS: I thought The Greats were your boys.
MP: They're Great, but they're not Stunning.
BS: You don't get out much do you?
As San An's Best continued to beat down on The Greats The lights slowly begin to go out until total darkness consumes the arena. Time passes slowly then a large pop and flames engulf the wrestlers entranceway. The man in black, stands surrounded by the flames and points to the ring. He then speaks his voice concealed by electronic gadgetry.
MD! YOU HAVE SERVED YOUR PURPOSE, YOUR TIME IS UP!
Lone Wulf and K-9 run out of the ring towards the intruder. As they are heading towards the intruder, Strange and Krane have manage to get to their feet and finally head towards the ring. As Lone Wulf and K-9 make their way closer towards the intruder the lights suddenly go out and when they come back on Lone Wulf and K9 are standing at the entranceway looking at eachother in bewilderment.
MP: What was that all about?
BS: I don't know, but someone is stalking Manifest Destiny. Nemesis was attacked last, in Bangkok, TWICE.
MP: Well hopefully we find out soon cause he is putting a damper on the parade.
Soon after Wulf and K-9 go back to business, but realize that The Greats are now in the ring. As they are heading into the ring The Greats quickly roll out and taunt the San An's to come out after them. As The Greats each head towards an edge of the ring the San An's soon follow. As they come closer they are quickly surprised by the steel chairs Strange and Krane had waiting for them and they are attacked upside the head with them.
BS: CHAIRSHOTS FOR TWO! The Greats have NOT come here to play.
MP: Oh behave they've got a plan baby!
BS: Well hopefully they can stick to it cause you just don't slack around San An's Best.
Strange continues to return the favor to K-9 as Krane drops the chair and grabs for some of the cable that is laying around the ring and begins to strangle Wulf from behind.
MP: See how kind they are? The poor man is choking and he is trying his best to get a clear passageway for him.
BS: Are you watching the same match? Krane is obviously choking out Wulf.
MP: Well the only thing I see...is them...
BS: MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE are here!
As the outside attacks continue the crowd goes into a frenzy as Maximum Overdrive makes their way towards the ring area. As they head towards K-9 the tell Strange to go help his partner and Maximum Overdrive toss K-9 into the ring and step in to create some damage.
BS: Oh Maximum Overdrive is about to pass a message to K-9
MP: Oh yeah. You can't always get what you want except a butt whipping from Max Overdrive.
BS: Hey that was pretty good.
MP: Like how I used The Rolling Stones in that?
BS: Very clever....that's a first.
While they were inside Strange and Krane were busy beating up on Lone Wulf until finally Nemesis made his way out from the back and ran towards the ringside area to help his brother out.
BS: NEMESIS IS HERE!!
MP: Finally he rescues his brother. Where has he been? Lighting up? Drinking?
BS: One only knows.
On the inside Greene and Ross are continuing their onslaught of K-9, but everytime they continue to beat down on him he continues to smile and laugh as if he's enjoying it. After a moment Greene finally puts K-9 on his shoulders while Ross heads to the top rope and before they can hit their finisher, The Overdrive Onslaught, The Gothic Alchemy head down to ringside and break up the action in the ring.
BS: It's become a free for all now as The Gothic Alchemy have made their way inside and have targeted the champions.
MP: But they didn't go after K-9. I think they're working together.
BS: Gothic Alchemy and San An's Best together? That's an unholy alliance if I ever heard one.
MP: What?
BS: Um...nevermind.
As the fight begins up above, on the ground both Lone Wulf and Nemesis are continuing their fight on the ground with Strange and Krane. Nemesis manages to catch Krane in a headlock and plays with the crowd, but losses his control as Krane lifts him up and crotches him on the railing.
MP: Oh my!
BS: That's gonna leave a SERIOUS MARK!
After that Krane moves towards Strange and they begin to double team near the Japanese announcing table. On the inside The Gothic Alchemy have managed to push Maximum Overdrive out of the ring and they begin to help K-9, but he pushes them away and begins to tell them off. As AC and Goth try to reason with him K-9 responds with a quick stiff double arm clothesline to the roar of the crowd.
BS: And the crowd STILL behind K-9 and Lone Wulf in this match. They can do no wrong here in Tokyo tonight.
MP: Oh and they just love the Innovator of Insanity here. I'm sure they have a national holiday named for him here as well.
BS: You think?
MP: I was just pulling your leg!
Acting upon this Greene and Ross get back inside of the ring and quickly attack AC and Goth. Meanwhile, on the outside, Strange and Krane continued their attack, but forgot all about Nemesis as he finally got off of that barrier and grabbed a steel chair of his own and attacked both Greats from behind. After getting their attention he dropped the chair and reached for the ring bell and begin to bust it up against the forehead of Krane until he was bleeding.
BS: We've got blood!
MP: It's about time! How many hard skulls are there in this match?
Nemesis then went to attack Strange as Lone Wulf grabbed for Krane and set him up for The Sheriff Killa. Wulf continued to play the crowd until he finally connected by bringing Krane straight down on the Japanese announcers table snapping it in half. At the same time, while The Gothic Alchemy was busy with Maximum Overdrive, K-9 ran to the top rope and as Lone Wulf hit with The Sheriff Killa K-9 leaped from the top rope and splashed right onto Krane who was on top of all that rubble. With the ref in position it was only a matter of time before San An's Best picked up the win for the night.
BS: MY GOD WHAT A MOVE! And these teams aren't done yet!
MP: Well except for The Greats. ESPECIALLY Krane!
BS: Well someone is gonna have to clean this mess up to include the announcer's table over there.
MP: Another table. Tisk Tisk. How amusing they got their table.
BS: Well what can you expect from the Bringer of Hardcore. As they clear this stuff out of the ring we'll be right back with Hellfighter and Maverick....NEXT!